It's this stuff. I originally bought some for bass flies, but it works very well for these. Just take a lighter to seal up the end and call it good.
What's Catching You Fish?
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Same story this morning, although I did get a little 5lb pikeminnow in addition to a few whities plus a few redsides.Both of these put a bunch of trout the net and one whitefish. The golden was slightly more effective. The rest of the whitefish took an egg (no redsides on it).
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obligatory whitefish pic.
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Fishing was slow overall but peanuts were getting eats this weekend.
Leeches and Cream
Doesn't matter what color you use...as long as it's olive and red.
Doesn't matter what color you use...as long as it's olive and red.
Pretty good day. Have caught zero ESA listed predators as bycatch by fishing weighted nymphs this season. 
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Pink Nighty
Legend
Shhhhh don't tell anyone, but eggs work on the swing....
Is that the dumbest thing ever? Makes me wonder just how stupid fish are.
Nice catch BTW!
Pink Nighty
Legend
Not as stupid as meeeeee!!
They work stripped, too, sometimes.
I think they just reeeeaaaally like eggs, nom nom nom.
Would not be surprised that bull trout took that egg pattern as a flesh fly.
That said steelhead has to be one of the "dumbest" fish that ever swam! They will literally "bite" anything. Have caught them on bare hooks and had a friend catch one on a piece of orange and watch a large winter buck charge and take a floating banana peel on the surface. Once caught a hatchery winter fish with 2 pearl buttons and another with a dime in their stomachs.
Stripping a fly can be a surprising effect method for steelhead.!
Curt
That said steelhead has to be one of the "dumbest" fish that ever swam! They will literally "bite" anything. Have caught them on bare hooks and had a friend catch one on a piece of orange and watch a large winter buck charge and take a floating banana peel on the surface. Once caught a hatchery winter fish with 2 pearl buttons and another with a dime in their stomachs.
Stripping a fly can be a surprising effect method for steelhead.!
Curt
I wouldn't get too carried away....it wasn't exactly fast and furious, but a few were caught in a couple of hours.
Eggs have worked for me seasons past, but not this year and not today. Newbury's Knuckle Dragging Golden Stone found some fish though.
We should start one of those “squares” betting charts for when we get the first @Billy hawg report.
oh it's coming soon
God damn Stevie
